Mercy Blues

Well, well, that woman hollering mercy

God knows, have mercy on me

Well, my baby said "Lord, have mercy"

I know, Lord, said "Have mercy on me"

She said "Slim, I'll find out, Slim"

Lord knows have mercy on me

Yeah, she said "Can you cry mercy?"

God knows, Slim

God, can you cry mercy?

Lord knows they know mercy me

Lord knows, looky here now, baby

Everybody thinks God knows

You're the best in town

Nobody thinks God knows you treat poor Slim wrong, I said

We done tried "Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy"

I wanna keep a-bein' here just the way

I said "Oh, oh, oh Lord"

What do my baby think of me?

I said "Oh, never mistreat me, mistreat me, baby"

And I won't do nothing wrong

God knows that I'm good-good

Good as she could be

Everybody thinks God knows she won't treat me wrong

And God knows keep the people

God knows feeling this way

God knows keep everybody, everybody

God knows feeling the same old way

Well, my baby

Said he going out into California

Going to California

God knows, Slim, I'll be back someday

Yeah, you'll never see me, never see me

God knows that my loving be just the same